The legs of stoves



' lties ofthe ldoor on which f hereby declare that the following is a clear and'exact T as may be best adapted to the style ltatet @sind s@ cui J0 HlNGIBSON, JR.; OF AL BANY, NEW Y0R K.

' Letters Patent No. 86,147, dated January 26, 169

Th. mmv-mod' tb im these-j To all whom 'it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN GIBSON, Jr., of the city, and county of Albany', and State of'. New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mode of Constructing Legs of Stoves, whereby the said legs may be securely attached to their places, and wherei by the-stoves. may be levelled, regardless of the inequal-v they may stand; v'and I do description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whicb- A Figure 1 represents a perspective -view of section of base of stove or heater, with leg, showing the improve- Figures 2, 3, 9., 11, aie vertical views from beneath, A'

showing several modications of invention for fastening the leg.

Figures 8, 10, 12, are crossssections of same.

. Figures 5, 6, 7, are cross-sections, lshowing improvement for adjusting the height of the leg.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing `the legs of a stove or heater in such a manner as to present some one or more points for therirnpinging of a' cam, button, or hook, fastened to the under side-of the base of a stove or heater, to hold the said legsin their places between their guiding-lips.

Thesepoints of impingement may be placed either in front of the leg, close to its top, or on a side of the attaching angle-piece, or in any other place 'or position, and make of the stove or heater on which the improvement may be used. f Or the said impnging-points may be made at conveniet proper places on the under side of the baseof said stove or heater, and the said cani,l button, or hook,

may be attached to the leg; and, -inv either case, when the leg is placed in between the holding-lips on the base of the stove or heater, and the said cams, buttons, or hooks, are locked with the impinging-points or lips, the legs (which generally are apt to become easily detached from stoves without intention) are held secure, and cannot be removed without an intentional 'operation of some person.

To overcome the greater or less inequalities of oors, hearths, or any surface on which a stove may be placed, I .use an adjusting-screw bolt, provided with a proper supportingend, which works into the foot .or bearingend of the stove-leg, and may be easily worked by the fingers of a person, to shorten or lengthen the leg,

0r,- by reversing the' order, the leg of the stove ,may be provided with a bolt-screw, projecting down, on which works a supplementary foot, which may be turned by the lingers to shorten or lengthen the leg, and thus the stove may be properly levelled, soas to give an unbiased swin'g to all its doors, and hold level any liquid semi-duid preparations that may .be placed in the stove-oven for baking.

To enable others skilled inthe art to lmake and use my invention, I'will proceed to describe it in reference to the drawings, and their letters of reference, the same 4letters indicating similar parts.

v A, iig. A1, ,represents section of base of a stove or heater, to which is attached the usual leg, B, which vleg is secured to the saidbase by the angle-piece, b, l

which slides. between the usual clutches or lips, a, cast upon the base 'of the stove.

'To secure` or lock thesaid angle-piece b between the clutches, any one of the several moditicatipns of this improvement, as shown In figs. 2, 3,9, and 11, or their equivalents, may be used.

C, iigs. 1 and 2, is an eccentric, working on a pivot,

.s placed on one side of one of the holding-clutches a,

and works against a projection, c, made on the anglepiece b-of the stove-leg. When t-hesaid ecntlic, O, is turned to one side, as shown in g. 2, the angle-piece bis free to be moved out ombetween the clutches and when tllesaid angle-piece bis placed and crowded between the clutches a, andthe cam or button is thrown' in posi tion, as shown in dgl 1, and represented by dotted lines. iu iig. 2, and against the projection c, securely locked in its place.

'01', instead of the eccentric, O, being placed at one side of one of the clutches a, the said` eccentric may be placed partially in iont ofthe saidleg B, as shown in gs. 3 and S, by which the eccentric, when so placed, will crowd against 4the front of the` le curely in its place between the clutches@ a, and, when turned in position, as shown by dotted lines', iig. 3, the

- .said leg B is free to be removed.

0r, an equivalent button or cam, O', pivted tothe angle-piece-7 b, figs. -3 and 8, and free to be moved-to either side, over the'clutehes a a, so as to impinge against the projections c', made on the clutches a a,

will also hold the leg B securely in place.

Or, again, a cain or hook-button, O, as shown in iigs. 9 and 10, may be used, and, when pivoted to thebase of the stove, and turned round and over a projection,`

c, made on the angle-piece l, the leg may thus be firmly held in place. v

Orif the order is reversed, as in figs. 11 and 12, of the hook, cam, or button O", and the projection c, that is to say, if the hook, cam, orv button, is pivoted to the angle-piece b, andthe `projection c is made en the base of the stove A, the same result will be secured.' Y

Or, again, a simple hook may be substituted in place of the hook-cam or button C'f, and attached and operated in either of the waysaforesaid, with the same result.

I do not confine myself to the exact form, as shown,

of the several eccentrics, cams, hooks, or buttons, or to.

the projections, notches, or 'impinging-points, against which the eccentrics, &c., named are te operate; neither do I conne myself to any particular points or positions of projections or notches', for impinging-points, or points -.of attaching the said cams, buttons, Sie., on

the saidA leg is'.

, holding it seas shown in gm aud-7,' l hole worksY a. screw-bolt, g, "furnished ,with a propershaped head, which aetsfas sup' lementay foot .for

the said.- legyand' when the said srew-bqlt islserewed L;

furtherA into thefoot d of the. leg- B, the said leg 'ie' either the base of `the stove, or-the leg, or its singlepiece, so long as the Aleg is kept in itsplae byits -euigle-pieee b being crowded or drawn and; held in plaee between the clutches a a, by means of a. reversible operation of two impingng-points orvsurfwcegwhieh,

lock the leg in place, aud'operating'substantiel1y on the pi'inoiple described. n f j i J To increase or diminish the height of the leg of the stove,

thereby fshortened, vland when' serewed outward, the

-said'leg ie lengthened. f Orthe order maybe reversedfand the screw-bolt g maybe 'made with or a, part of the foot d of the leg'B,

iig.` 6, and theV supplementary footk maybe furnished 'with a screw-threaded'hole, h; to 'reeeive the screw-bolt u y'whichftliefheigt 'of the legmay varied.

^ my invention, i

I furnish its foot,` d, withva serew-threaded hole',v into whichserew-ishreeded siibstantallyes and for the purposespecied.

2. The llocking of legs of-stoves or heaters into their lplaces by the eeoentres, cams, buttons, orv hooks C C G, or their equivalents, acting against or with imping- .substantially as specified.

vsubs'tziilisiztlly as and for the purpose specified;

l`eg`,B, of a stove or heater by a. supplementary foot, k,

operating substantially as specified. e o

` JOHN GIBSON, JB.

Witneeees: Y j

.,JNo. H. GIBSON, A: L. Graeme. y

' i 1; Incoxbinattion*with a base ande leg of ztstcwe or projections c d, or c", or their equivalents; operating ing-projections' or points o c' c", orv their` equivalents,

3.` I n combination with the leg B of a stove or heater, y thesupplementary foot' k, operated by' a :www-bolt,Y 9

' 4. The lengthening or shortening the height of a. 

